Toilet disk



April 26, 1932. w. HOFMANN ET AL TOILET DISK Filed Oct. 2 1925 '4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS: flew 0R 6. BRuc/rs ATTORNEY April 26, 1932.

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Patented Apr. 26, 1932 iiirso sTATES JATENT OFFICE...

WILLY HOFMA'NN, 015* WEST NEW yoRK, New JERSEY, AND ARTHUR c. nat ons, as

NEW YORK, n. Y., Assienoas o HOPECK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or new YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY roIL'nr DISK Application filed October 2, 1925. Serial 1T0. 59,979.

This invention relates to improvements in .toilet disks'or puffs as used almost univer sally by women and commonlycalled powder An object of the invention is the construction of such puffs or disks and their manufacture at low cost, such disks at the'same time being well made and possessing an appearancewhic'h is attractive and in harmony with the circumstancesand accessories of their use.

. The invention consists of the improvements in manufacture and construction of powder pufis described herein in connection with the drawings, from which description additional objects will appear.

(3f the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective serving as a general index of the manufacturing process and specifically illustrating an in tcrmediate stage of one form of the preferred process, at which stage the first several rows of puffs or disks are completed in preparation for commencement of work on the rest of the width of the large sheets, said remain F ig. 1; V Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating preliminary steps in the manufacture and including the manual work other than the needlework which is done in preparation for the needle work; this Fig. 2 showing the parts inpositions for the work on the third row from the top in Fig. 2';

Fig. 2B is a portion of the single large sheetfabr-ic in the middle of Fig. 2, this Fig. 2B illustrating a step in the operationsof Fig. 2; this Fig. 2B illustrating the results of the operation shown in Fig. 2 in the third row from the top;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic perspective similar to Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating a later series of ope-rations on four horizontal rows, on

which a first series of opera-tionshas been conducted in Fig. 2 this Fig. 3 showing the parts in positions for work on the second row from the top and Fig. 3 illustrating the operations on three large sheets instead of only one as in i Fig. 4A is a plan showingthe modification of Fig. 4 in its uncompleted state of manufacturing; I s V Figs. 5-15 illustrate a modified formjof the invention, the nature of the :separate' .fig;

ures being. described hereinafter, just precedingth-e description of the modified form. Principal Figs. 1 ,2, and 3- are ofgreatly reduced scaler'elative to the other The-powder pu'fis madein accordance with the forin of the invention shown in the .='draw ings are employed principallywith powder compact boxes. Heret'ofor'eit has bee'nlthe practice to superimpose a plurality of disks upon 'each otlier, and, after placing a strip of ribbon :on the upper layer, to secure the .sev-

eral {parts together by stitching around the rim.

This proceeding, involving-as it did the separate cutting of the disks and the marrual assembly of a plurality of them to. form the elements of a-puff, was protracted and expensive- Also the manufacture must be such that the soft bottom fabric, whichconstitutes the part of the :puif which is applied bythe user. to her face (and is :of some soft pile fabric, such as zlambs wool), shall not haveanysecuring stitches projecting from a part of its surfac'esat or near the center where it is liable to abrade the 'useris skin.

Heretofore, so far aswe are aware, no powderpuif or method of manufacturing powder puffs has beendevised which will permit the production at a practically low cost of a powder puff which is bothstrongly made and which is provided with attractive ornamentation. v r In accordance with our present invention,

such apufi and process are provided, wh'erein a desired ornamentation. produced which has-no abradingeifect -'on the users skin, and wherein the ornamentation itself may be made to serve as a physical-means of securing together the parts of the puff, and specifically wherein such securing means consists of embroidery which greatly enhances the appearance of the article; and also wherein the embroidering, whether merely ornamental or mechanically functional, or both, is performed at greatly reduced cost.

As shown in Figs. 1A and 12, the compound fabric T, I, B, of great length and yard width (consisting preferably of three separate thicknesses of different fabrics to be described), is completed to contain a multiplicity of substantially or entirely completed powder puffs, andthen the latter are cut out individually, being then ready or nearly ready for sale. I

As shown in Fig. 1, the three fabrics which are assembled in multiple (Fig. 3), for the manufacturing operations, are in the form of fabric sheets as they come from the loom,

' a yard wide, more or less, and a number of yards long, a length of thirtyto forty-five feet,

for example, being cut 05 for treatment as in Figs. 13, etc. according to our invention.

This length, however,'may be doubled, i. e., to sixty to ninety feet long, under certain circumstances described hereinafter, for contemporary or simultaneous operation.

Three fabric sheets usually are employed for the three layers of the disk or puff to be made, as shown in Fig. 1A at B, I and T. The bottom sheet B, the one which lies against the powder compactin the box, and which engages the skin of the user, is the actual puff and consists of some soft pile fabric, as of lambs wool, eider-down or velour. The various useful and ornamental items of needlework shown in Fig. 1A should not extend thru to this soft surface of bottom sheet B, save for such stitchesas 4 (Fig. 1A) located near the peripheral edge of the pufi or disk.

The intermediate fabric I is a filling to stiffen and give body to the puff, and it may consist of buckram, crinoline, canvas, paper, or the like, as desired.

The top sheet T is the ornamental cover, consisting of satin, silk, leather, cotton fabric,'or the like, as desired. It conceals the intermediate stiffener I and carries the ribbon handle A (Fig. 8)

Three large sheets of such materials are set up for treatment according to the invention in the manner shown in Fig. 3; that is, the three sheets are supported free in space, preferably vertically, as shown, their upper and lower selvage edges being pinned (at P) to the end edges of upper and lower canvas supports V, which, like window shades, have their other end edges secured to upper and T (superposed on one another) to any desired position relative to the multiple embroidering needles to be described. By means of supporting canvasses V and rollers R, the long sheets for the manufacture of the puffs can be kept taut, in the various stages of the manufacture, so that the parts of the sheets can be held in sufficiently definite positions to permit registry of the successivelyproduced stages of needlework. In addition to the pinning at the selvage edges, the ends of the large sheets may be engaged by any suitable clutches (not shown) for the same purpose of maintaining the sheets in a sufficiently taut but not distorted condition.

As shown in Fig. 2, during the initial stage of fabrication the lower layer B and intermediate layer I are raised clear of the top layer and are temporarily held in this free or cleared position by temporary securing means such as pins P.

- After the three sheets have been temporarily fastened in the positions shown in Fig. 2, and after rollers B have been turned to adjust the large sheet T to a condition of undistorted tautness, said satin top sheet T (Fig. 2) is ready to be operated upon by the permissible and highly advantageous multiplexing by means of any desired embroidering machine, of which the details form no part of our invention. 'In this position for the commencement of operations, the satin top sheet T is held smooth in a vertical plane, and sheets I and B are supported in positions which leave satin sheet T free, altho in readiness for I and B to be changed to the positions of I and B, shown in Fig. 3, for later stages of manufacturing. In this position of satin top sheet T in Fig. 2 the embroidery may be done manually, with the accompanying advantages of suitably supporting inaterials for hundreds of puffs in one situation,

work itself, whether mechanically functional or merely ornamental, can be done at a very large saving in time and expense as compared with hand embroidery or other securing stitching. Furthermore, the invention is adapted'for execution by any of the various well-known forms of embroidering machines, such, for example, as that which is controlled by a skilled artisan Via a pantograph.

Rollers B may be mounted in frames F (Fig. 1) in proper relation to the embroidering machinery shown diagrammatically as including any suitable pantographic apparatus G and including a carrier C for mu atiple needles N, and also suitable shuttles on another carrierC (if used and not shown),

on opposite surfaces of the large sheets B, I and T. V i

With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2, with satin or top sheet T extending alone downwardly with its lower selvage edge on or near lower roll-er R, and with intermediate and bottom fabric sheets I and B held out of the way of the shuttles on carrier C away from satin or top sheetT, the embroidering machine may be operated to embroider on satin sheet T a top row of duplicates of any arbitrary design, such as the hearts 1 of Fig. 1A, the same extending in a long horiontal row, as shown, in part, in Fig. 2. from one end to the other of the very long sheet T (Fig. 1).

Such initial embroidering of design 1 fixes and determines the parts of the large sheets T, I and B which are to constitute the pow der puffs themselves, prior to the dieing op eration. This operation, like all the other embroidering operations herein, when conducted on an embroidering machine of the panto-graph type, is effected by the human or automatic operator of the pantograph, who or which moves the pantograph control in ac cordance with a master or index model, and in accordance with a sample of the desired design at which he is looking. Any such machine may be of the shuttle type or of the type termed hand embroidery machines because their product in quality resembles hand-1nade work.

Upon the completion of the top row of designs 1 (Fig. 2), which occupies but f w moments when etlected in an embroide I machine, unskilled labor is employed ten1- porarily secure a narrow ribbon A, as by pins Q, (Fig. 2) to satin or top-sheet T just below said top row of designs 1, and likewise extending horizontally from left to right (Figs. 2 and 1) for the entire length of sheet T, and within the areas of the portions of the sheets later to he died out as puff-disks. Suchpinning preferably is on a portion of sheet T which is left after the dieing operat on, as shown at Q. in Fig. 1A. This pinning, of course, is temporary and is for the purpose of holding the ribbon in proper position pending the next manufacturing step, the re sult' of which is shown in Fig. 1A, i. e.,the permanent securing of ribbon A to sheet T by means of embroidered ring-stitches 2 appea ing as circles with radial threads. Preferably and actually, these radial threads are closely adjacent to one another, this being attempted to be illustrated in the drawings by two adjacent radial lines showing sides of each thread and each line serving to represent the adjacent sides of adjacent threads. This step permanently secures ribbon A to satin or top fabric T by stitches whichincidentally and usefully are ornamental by being in the form of embroidered ringtitches.

The entire top row;:(F-ig'. 2) ofthese ribbons securing embroidered circles 2 is embroidered simultaneously when done, as preferred, by the multiplex needles N; and, likewise, the second row in Fig. 2, as shown.

While fabric sheets T, I and B are in the I and B, another embroidering operation usefully may be etl ected on satin or topsheet l, i. e., prior to the assembling of the three sheets shown in Fig. 3. This operationconsists in embroidering the inner circle 3 (Fig. 1A) at the inner rim of circle 2, in order further to secure-ribbon A to sheet T and also to impart afinished appearance to the inner rim of embroidered circle 2-. Circle 3 is exactly like circle 2, save that itis narrower radially; circles 3 being made in a given horizontal row just after circles 2 have been made in that row, i. e., without turning rollers R to move sheet T to a dilferent position. In some cases narrower inner circle 3 may 3e relied on alone as the means for securing ribbon A to satin sheet T, prior to the operations of Fig. 3.

When the top'row is completed, on sheet T alone in the positions shown in F 2, and

when narrower inner circles 3 are included in these operations, the puffs: in such row are in the state including the initiating ornamental embroidery 1, the ribbon-handle A, and the ribb'onsecuring circles2 and 3 of broad and narrow widths, respectively, but not the embroidery ring-stitch circles A, Fig. 1A which are to be made in the step of the process illus trated in Fig. 3 for the purpose of permanently securing together all three sheets T, I and at each of the multiplicity of the pulls in the four rows which have been partially completed in the step of Fig. 2.

During all'this time (and considering only the completionof the operations under the circumstances of 2) rollers R and. supporting curtains V have been holding sheet T in position, so that the top row of Fig. 2 can be worked on by the needles N and the shuttles carried by frame- C in Fig. 1. N ow that the top row in Fig. 2has been completed (yet considering satin or top sheet T alone and not sheets I and B),the rollers R are turned so as'to move satin or top sheet T. upwardly, to bring another horipositions shown in Fig. 2, i. e., with T free of Therenpon, in the second row from the top,

as above described with respect to the first row,- initial designs 1 are embroidered, a

second ribbon A is pinned temporarily in position, and ribbonrsecuring and ornamental embroidery design 2 is made, as shown in the two top. rows of Fi 2 (and alsolcircles 3 ofFig. 1A ifidesired.

Aftertheasecond row hasibeeniembroideredz in the manner described the sheet may again be moved vertically upwardly and the operation repeated for the third and fourth rows.

The mechanical functions of the operations illustrated by Fig. 3 are the securing together of all three sheets T, I and B at each of the multiplicity of the puffs in the four rows which have been completed in Fig. 2. This matter of the completion of a limited number of rows in Fig. 2, extending only partway of the width of sheet A, prior to the operations of Fig. 3, is involved in the matter of registry to be explained later.

Up to the completion in Fig. 2 of the product nothing has been done with the large puff sheets I and B, save to keep them out of the way of the embroidering while sheet T was having. the fourribbons secured to it by the ornamental embroidery of the four rows of Fig. 2; and in Fig. 2 none of the embroidering has extended thru sheets I and B, but only thru satin or top sheet T.

Next, in Fig. 3, the lower'selvage edges of sheets I and B are let down, so that both these sheets lie adjacent satin sheet T and back of it; the bottom selvage edges of sheets I and B being pinned, at P (bottom Fig. 3), to the upper edge of lower supporting curtain V, i. e., where the lower edge of satin of top sheet T is pinned; that is, the lower selvage edges of all three puff sheets are there pinned together and the rollers It are ad- 'justed so that all three sheets lie adjacent one another in a condition of the desired 'tautness between their upper and lower edges thruout the entire length of their many yards, more or less. All this pinning and changing of locations is performed in the intervals of machine embroidering effected by the skilled artisan at the pantograph or by automatically controlled embroidery Inachines.

With thethree puff sheets pinned together as shown in Fig. 3, rollers R are turned back in a direction opposite to their turning in progressively completing the four rows of Fig. 2, so that now the top row is brought opposite multiple needles N on carrier C. After the pinningoperation in Fig. 3, and

prior to any embroidering in the positions of ig. 3, the work in all the four rows in Fig. 3 is in the condition shown in Fig. 2A.

In the triple puff sheet arrangement of Fig. 3, with all four rows with finished puffs like the top row of Fig. 2 and with rollers R adjusted so that the top row is alongside the horizontal row ofmultiple needles N, the

pantograph operator causes the production of embroidery ring-stitch circles 4 at the outer rim of ribbon-securing embroidery circle 2. Circle 4 preferably is of narrow width, similar to circle 3, which secured ribbon A to satin sheet T as described above; and this circle 4, like circle 3, provides an attractive finish to circle 2, i. e., at the outer rim of the latter; but the physical function of circles 4 is not only to secure ribbon A by additional means to sheet I, but principally to secured together all three fabric sheets T, V

I and B and thereby produce puffs of the consequent compound fabric, which pufis are completed save for the cutting out of the pufis from the wide and very long compound fabric sheet. Said outer or rim circle 4 marks the extreme outer edge of each of the multiple puffs, and it is the only portion of the needlework which extends thru the three sheets of the compound fabric, so that this embroidered circle 4, which extends thru the soft bottom pile fabric B, exists only at the outermost edge of each puff-disk thereof, in a location least likely to abrade the persons skin. In Fig. 3 the top row is shown as having rim embroidery circle 4 made on all the puffs of the row, as shown enlarged in Fig. 1A. The lower three rows of Fig. 3-yet are in the same stage as the top row of Fig. 2; and multiple needles N are shown in Fig. 3 in position to make outer rim circles 4 around the puffs in the second long horizontal row. Rim circles 4 are made on the remaining two rows successively by alternate operation of rollers R and of the pantograph G (Fig. 1).

lVhen thus the puffs in all four rows of Fig. 3 are completed, the bottom pinning of backing sheets I and B to satin sheet T and lower supoprting curtain V is removed, and their lower edges again are pinned up at elevated positions (Fig. l) to upper supporting curtain V. But this row of pins P in Fig. 1 is not so high as that of Fig. 2, because now in Fig. 1 the three fabrics T, I and B are secured together at the top four rows as the result of the operation in Fig. 3 on such T four rows, by means of the outer rim embroidery'4. This repinning up in Fig. 1 is high enough, however, to free satin or top sheet T of its backing sheets I and B at that portion of sheet T which lies directly below the four top rows, where now are to be made 'a second set of four more lower rows, in accordance with the operations already described in connection with Fig. 2, and in the positions of large sheets shown in Fig. 1.

- The practical reason why, in the operation of Fig. 2, sets of only about four rows, more or less, of puffs like Fig. 2A are made in a given relation of the large sheets and under the circumstances of Fig. 2, and why, in the operation of Fig. 3, sets of only four rows, more or less, are made in a different given relation of the large sheets, is found in the matter of registry. Two principal stages of operations are involved, i. e., those of Figs. 2 and 3; i. e., first, in Fig. 2, the desired em broidering, such as 1 and 2, etc., useful physice fected on all three sheets T, I and B, or at least on two sheets, including sheet T, in case a single sheet or a double compound sheet be used in place of two separate sheets I and B. While twelve rows of puffs usually are made in the triple compound sheet extending across the width of the sheet i.'., three sets of four rows each), yet in sheetsof one yard width and for pufi's of ordinary small diameter, there may be four or five'or more. sets of rows, each containing four rows, more or less; and while the large puff sheetsare held'as taut as may be, without distortion, between upper and lower supporting curtains V, yet these extensive sheets (considering sheet T alone or even one ortwo backing sheets pinned with sheet T at or neartheir. edges) are not at all rigid between the upper and lower lines of pinning or free from liability to movement of parts of a given sheet relative to one another, or of parts of one sheet -relative to adjacent parts of an adjacent sheet, during the various manufacturing opera-= tions prior to the securing of the sheets together by the outer rim embroidery circles 4 in the operations of Fig. 3. Also, if the entire width of satin sheet T were treated continuously, according to the operations of Fig.2, then it would be very difficult, if not practically impossible (on account of the stretching of the fabric at different stages of its operation and consequent relative movements of its parts into diiferent'positions), to conduct the operations of Fig. 3

i so that embroidery circles would register as desired with the embroidering simply'because the latter might not be uniformlydistributed over sheet T. But we have found that it is not necessary to limit the ribbon securing operations of Fig. 2 to a single row of embroiderings, prior to conducting the sheetsecuring operations of Fig.3, for if satin oi top sheet T be held as taut as is practicable, without distortion, by means of the top and T bottom rows of pins P and by the end clutches (not shown) at the ends of sheet T, then at least four rows and even more of the work of Fig. 2 maybe effected prior to the securing together of the three sheets as in Fig. 3; that is, without undesirable lack of registry between embroidery circles andthe prior embroidery. The completion in Fig. 3 ofthe top four rows (more or less) by the embroid- 'ery.sewing together of the pluralsheets at "if? multiple circles thruout the length'of the compound fabric has the effect of causing the four rows of circles 4- of Fig. 1 to serve (as a means of holding the large sheets sufficiently taut) like the row of pins P in Fig. 2 at the top selvage edgeof satin or top sheet T in the sense that said sheet T (Fig. 1), as to its portion of. several inches below the fourth row of circlest, isheld taut bymeans of said rows of circles l extendingthru the three large sheets and thereby causes that portion of the sheets to be a comparatively rigid compound structure. That is,,by the circles 4 of Fig. 1, the long horizontal portion of sheet T, in the region of a few inches below the lowest or fourth pufi-row, is held in sufiiciently taut position to permit the now being pinned up again, or rather the parts of sheets Iand- B not yet secured by embroidery 4 to satin sheet T. being pinned up again, in the positions shown infFig. 1, so as not-to interfere withthis second setof Fig. 2 operations, producing the second or lower set of aplurality of rows of pufis. Here (Fig. 1).. sheet T yet has its upper edge secured by pinning to upper supporting ourtain V, and now. issecured by embroidery stitching .4 to the upper portions of sheets I and'B, so that not only is the upper part of sheet T, held in an elevated position away from its lower part about'to be subjected to the second setof four-row operations of Fig. 2, but, inelfect, as to the tautness of the lower portions-of sheet T not-yet embroidered to sheets I and B,-said-sheet T is suspended from the, low-est of the four rows of embroidered circles 4 which secure the three sheets together. i I The second setoffourrows of puffs, is now made on sheet T, andrmade successively, as above described. with reference to the mak ing' of the first set of four rows in Fig. 2. Next, saidsecond set of four rows of Fig.2 is subjected to a second set of operations above described with reference' to Fig. 3, rollers B being manipulated, and backing sheets I and B being changed as before, from thepositions of Fig. 2 to those of Fig. 3. y The-above cycle of operations is repeated until the entire width of the compound fabric is coveredwith puffs including therer I sults of the respective operations of Figs. 2

tions of the; embroidered compound-puff fabric itself, instead of to the upper support ing curtain V; and during the operations of Figs. 2' and 3 on the lowest portions of thewidtl'rof the compound fabric, the upper completed portions thereof'may be wound, to.- gether with upper curtain V, upon upper roller R. I p

It will be understoodthat the inventionis practical and useful, notwithstanding the fact that thecompletion of the compound fabric M may represent a full days work of a skilled artisan and several unskilled women operatives, because, while a large proportion of the time and labor is used in the manipulation of sheets T, I and B, yet all that permits of the use of the embroidery machine, which saves in time and labor as compared with the manual embroidering or stitching together of the thousands of puffs included in the single compound fabric.

- The method of registry again is involved in the cutting out of the finished pufi's from the compoundfabric M. Since the outer andB, (which of course would be unsightly) it is important that the puffs be cut out of the compound fabric M with extreme accuracy,-

for the purpose of avoiding any cutting of said stitches themselves in an attempt to pre-' vent any bad looking fabric projecting beyond said stitches. The accuracy required for'this is of a greater degree than that required in the successiveoperationsof embroidering, first on satin or top sheet T and then on all three sheet-s together; and while said successive embroiderings all may be done on the same set-up (save for the changes as between Figs. 2 and 8), yet we have found that the only practical way to cutout the pufls from the compound fabric M is by the manual operation of an ordinary collet. This method eifects'the desired result above stated, even altho the puffs in compound sheet M (or rather embroidered rim circles 2 and 4 thereof} be not equally'spaced from or exactly concentric with one another. In the operations of Figs. 2 and 3, it is practicable to produce embroidery'circles 2, 3 and 4 with sufficient concentricity to avoid an unattractive appearance, but even so the outer circle 4 of a given puff maybe spaced differentlyrfron circle 4 of any two or more adjacent puffs. But the operation of the collet punch is with respect to the pufis individually, and gives free scope to the attentive eye and responsive hand of the skilled operative in placing thecollet ac: curately around the outer circles 4 of the various individual puffs, the cutting edge of the collet being only of very slightly larger diameter than circles 4, so as not to leave only portion of sheets T, I or B projecting beyond circles 4, altho not cutting any of the threads 7 4'. Thereby the compound sheet M- is cut along a multiplicity of lines surrounding but closelyjadjacent the multiplicity of circles 4 so as to cut out the completely assembled toilet disks comprising a plurality of disksheets already secured together.

Our invention permits as much embroidery ornamentation at both sides of ribbon A, or generally on satin or top sheet T alone, as may be desired, with very little difference in cost when the embroidery is effected by the machine, as is, ofcourse, preferred to manual embroidering. Within the invention; And since embroidery designs 1 and 1A in Figs. 4 and 4A each is arbitrary in an esthetic sense, they may be alike, or, in fact, either of them may be of any desired design believed to enhance the beauty of the product. And ribbon A need not extend diametrically across the puff, as in Fig. 4, for it may extend as the chord of a smaller arc of the circular disk, leaving more space on one side of ribbon A for a larger design 1 or for a plurality of designs 1, with or without any design or designs 1A on sheet T on the other side of ribbonA; and any design on sheet T alone may include lettering or a word or words on either side of ribbon A, and on any portion of the top surface of sheet T. Or in Fig. 4, one of the designs 1 and 1A may be omitted and replaced by handle A, whether that consists of the overlook stitching to'be described or of a ribbon; or the center design of Fig. 9 may be wholly omitted and, if desired, the free end of handle A2 may be extended further toward the center of satin disk T. All such variants are quite arbitrary within the operations of Fig. 2 on the top of satin or top sheet T alone, i. e.. not extending thru the soft or bottom disk B to abrade the users skin; and the class including any and all such variants is permitted to be economically produced by virtue of the invention, which, notwithstanding" the embroidered securing togetherof the three sheets T, I and B, permits simultaneous multiple production of both the ornamental designs on top of sheet T alone and also the securing design for the three sheets together,all in a common set-up of the large sheets in free positions in space which permit'the embroidering to be effected. In all embodiments of the invention which include any form of handle on the top of satin sheet T, which handle is separate from the fabric sheets and the stitching, the operations include the step of some form of embroidering which extends at least thru both satin or top-disk fabric T and a part of the ribbon itself so as to permanently secure the two together.

In threading up the shuttles and needles for any embroidering which extends thru the entire compound puff-fabric, the shuttlethreads (i. e., the threads supplied to the back of bottom sheet B, Fig. 8) are of the same color as sheet B itself, which commonly is white; for these threads show'on bottom sheet B and it is desirable not to have them contrhst with the rest of the bottom. On the other hand, the needle-threads (i. e., the

' threads supplied to the front of sheet T, Figs.

contrasting with thecolor of usually colored sheet T, to contribute to the ornamental efiect of the embroidering.

The operations of the principal Figs. 1, 2, and 3 may be varied, individually and. relatively, for the purpose of producing variants of the pull shown in Fig. 1A for example, as follows.

In Fig. 4 is shown a rim construction 24, which is different from and which replaces that at 2 and/or 4 of the pull" in Fig. 1A. In Fig. 1A the embroidery circles 2 and 3 were described as being made in the Fig.2 relations of the large sheets T, I and B, both circles 2 and 3 serving to secure ribbon it permanently to satin sheet T alone; and also in said Fig. 1A, the outer embroidered rim circle 4, made in the Fig. 3 portion of the manufacture, served to secure together the three sheets T, I and B.

In Fig. 4, however, after satin or top sheet T has been acted on in the Fig. 2 stage, to pro duce arbitrary initiating design 1, to have ribbon A temporarily secured to sheet T, as by pins P, and with or without second embroidery designs 1A, then sheets I and B are brought down adjacent top or satin sheet T,

'as shown in 3, prior to the embroidering of ribbon-securing circle 3. Said embroidered circle 3 is yet retained in Fig. 4, how ever;.but,being made during the operations of Fig. 3, (i. e., so as to ext-end thru all three sheets T, I and B), it not only serves to secure ribbon-A to top satin sheet T, but also now secures toget ier all three sheets T, I and B. In this case, the sheet-securing embroidered circle 4 of Fig. 1A is not needed, may be omitted, and is omitted in Fig. 4, being replaced, in function, by circle 3. nt this stage,

' i. e., with any desired ornamental embroidery on sheet T alone, with embroidered circle 3 securing ribbon A to sheet T, and securing together all three sheets T, I and B, but as yet without any rim-securing outside of embroidery circle 3, the puff is cut out of the compound fabric M by some suitable method whereby the. skill of the operative is relied on to execute the cutting out at circles further removed. from circles 3 than the necessary but slight spacing of the cutting lines from circles 4 of Fig. 1A, but yet at circles which substantially lefine the rim of the completec puifdisk. That is, the puff lacks the embroidered circles 2 and 4 of Fig. 1A, altho retaining an embroidered circle 3 StlbSttl1- tially remote from me center of the purl-disk and substantially defining its periphery. But embroidered circle 3, in its new capacity, is the means of securing together all three sheets T, I and Byand, being smaller circle than embroidered circle 4 of Fig. 1A, it is located slightly more remote from the edge of the bottom of the puff-disk than was embroidered circle At this stage of the production of the puff of Fig. 4, it is subjected to treatment in an ordinary sewing machine having an overlook stitch attachment, wherein, with the needle operated by the machine, the skilled operator moves. the rim of the puff-disk around under the needle to produce the over-- lock stitching 24, shown in Fig. 4 as surrounding the entire edge of the puff-disk. This overlook stitching 24 extends radially from theedge of the disk substantially as far as embroidered circle 3 (Fig. 4), so that, on the satin-faced top of the puff, embroidered circle 3 constitutes an attractive finish for the inner edge of the overlook stitching 24, in addition to the functions of embroidered circle '3 insecuring ribbon A to satin sheet T, and

.erations of Fig. 3, (instead of Fig. 2 as above described), i. e., so that such circle 3 extends thru all three sheets T, I and B and shows on the bottom of sheet B somewhat like overlock 24 at the turned-up portion of F ig. 4; but in such case the colored embroidery needle threads showing at bottom B are liable to be uneven and give an appearance less attractive than overlock 24 of Fig. 4. Furthermore, the embroidery shuttle threads (applied in back of bottom Fig. 3) extend forwardly or upwardly thru to the surface of satin or top sheet T, so that if such embroidery shuttle threads are white, to match the usually white bottom sheet B, and if, as is preferred, the satin or sheet T itself be colored and the em-- broidery needlethreads'be colored, then such contrastingwhite shuttle threads, showing on the expose-d surface of satin or top sheet T, produce an undesirable appearance. For this reason, it is worth while to modify the manufacture, involving the production of overlook 24, as above described, altho this involves a slight increase in cost per puff, and all forthe purpose of obtaining a betterappearing pufi; altho in both cases, i. e., of the wide embroidery circle 4 extending entirely thru the'puif, and of the'overlock of Fig. 4, the mechanical effects are about the same.

The invention may be employed usefully inconnection with the differenttype of powder ,pufi" shown in Figs. 57 which is a wholly fiexiblesoft general utility-pull used with actual powder, as distinguished from the comparatively stiff pad of Figs. 1A, 2B, 4-421.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show the construction of this general utility type of puff on which the improvements have been made as illustrated in Figs. 845; Fig. 5 being an edge elevation,

Fig. 6 a. vertical section thereof, and Fig. 7 a plan. i I

This form of-puif, whollysoft and flexible,

and capable of general use, generally is used at the dressing table but also frequently in a flexible container carried in the pocket book, the powder content being renewed daily at the dressing table. All three of its disk-sheets T, I and B (Fig. 6 section) are soft and flexible, its intermediate member I is not a stiffener as in the pads of Figs. 1A, 2B, 4:4A, the entire pufi' is much thicker (Figs 5-7), the intermediate member I being a filling or puffing member; and usually the entire puff is of larger diameter and therefore not so conveniently carried in a rigid box. The outer surfaces of both the outer members T (top) and B (bottom) are soft as of pile fabric (shown in stippling Figs. 5 and 7 both consisting of velour-like material and there is no 7 satin or other similar color-ed ornamental topdisk and no white bottom at B as in Figs. 1A, 2B, 4 and 1A. The outer pile surfaces T and B, in which lie the pile-threads, usually are ofthe same material, color and appearance, being some attractive color such for example as pink, and both these outer disks are use- 25 ful powdering surfaces, altho commonly there is a ribbon handle A (Figs. 5-7) extending over the top, the pufi being of sufficiently large diameter to receive a ribbon permitting the insertion of three lingers in applying the puif to the face, altho sometimes the ribbon handle is in the form of a short tab, but there need not be any handle at all. The intermediate or filling member I is of any desired low priced soft material, such as cotton batting. i

But the principal feature of this type of puff, in connection with'the present invention, is that, altho the three disk-sheets are secured together by rim-stitching shownat 5, in the section 6 (including the ribbonhandle A when present) yet such stitches are not visible. Heretofore such' stitching has been done on an ordinary sewing machine while the three disks were inside out, so to speak, i5-

such stitching not extending entirely around the rim; and the partially-secured-together disks then were turned right side out and the securing rim-sewing was completed around .,.-the circumference by skilled needleworkers producing substantially invisible stitches so as to mask the rim-joint between the edges of the outer soft disks T and B, Fig. 5. Thus the attractive appearance of. this form of puff has been due to the lack of plainly. visible rim-stitching. But the above described prior rim-stitching, for securing thethree disks'together, has been costly, and no practicable means has been devised for producing embroidery on either the top or bottom faces of this soft general utility puff. The employment of the present mventi on in the production of the improved form of this type of puff is illustrated in Figs. 8-11. This involves a substantial modification of the invention as embodied in Figs. 14A,* altho it involves nearly as great advantages in reducing laborcost while permitting improved ornamentation, as does the modification of Figs. 1-lA.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of a large sheet T similar in shape to that of Fig. 2, and illustrating a condition of the product in process similar to that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 is a perspective showing the reverse surface of sheet T of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a View like Fig. 8 but showing large sheets I and Bin combination with large sheet T in process, analogous to sheets I and B of Fig. 2;

i Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating the relations of the three sheets after sheets T, I and B of Fig. 10 have been dropped down over the opposite surfaces of the first sheet T;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view of the three sheets of Fig. 11, illustrating the embroidered circle 4 resulting from an operation involved in the operations of Figs.'13 upon the three sheets in their relations illustrated in Fig. 11;

13 is a perspective illustrating the product of a dieing-out operation upon the three sheets secured together in the operation of Fig. 12; l

Fig. 14 is an edge view of the product shown in Fig. 13 after the latter has been turned inside out, the three sheets being secured together in Fig. 14 by the embroidery circle 1 of Fig. 12 now substantially invisible, and the permissible ornamental embroidery 1 of Fig. 10 now appearing on the outside of the puff as the result of turning inside out;

Fig. 15 is a view like Fig. 7, of the puif completed by the completion of circular securing embroidery 4: of Fig. 12 by handsewing to close up the opening which permitted turning inside out; Fig. 15 apparently differing from Fig. 7 only in the provision of the ornamental embroidery 1, altho actually also the rim-stitching 4; of Fig. 12 which secures the three disks in the assembly of Fig. 15 also is formed by embroidering in multiple on the large sheets in the relations shown in Figs. 11 and 12 and to be described in connection with. the method of production of such ornamental embroidery as 1.

In Fig. 8, sheet T is set up like sheet T of Figs. 1 and 2; sheet T here like sheet T there, being the sheet out of which are made the disks for one of the outside members of the pufih Only a small part of the horizontal length of this sheet T is shown in Fig. 8,

and it is there also broken away at the top, as also in 9; but this entire set-up is similar tothat described in connect-ion with Fig. 1, where the vertical extent of the sheet is a yard more or less and the horizontal extent is preferably manyyards long. In

in cases where a ribbon handle. isdesired. for the final puffs. Then, as. described in connection with Fig. 2, the desired ornamental embroidery, as at 1, 1, is produced in multiple along horizontal rows on sheetT. These embroideries preferably are made simultaneously thruout the entire horizontal row, as heretofore described and at spaced intervals in the row in accordance with the desired diameters of the puffs eventually to be vproduced. Fig. 9 showsthe reverse or fabric surface FS of pile sheet T, this being the surface which is to lie in the interior of the completed puff, against intermediateor filling sheet I, Fig. 6. h

In Fig. 10 is shown how sheets I and B are combined with sheet T in the general set-up of Fig. 1 for this soft, type of puff. lVhile both I and B are supported as by pin,- ning at their top edges, to the lower portion of upper canvas V, so as to expose their outer surfaces (as in the case of sheet T, Figs. 8-9), and while I and B- are bodily supported out of the way of the ornamental embroidering operations on sheet T in Figs. 8-9 as by pinning the lower edges of I and B in a higher position, as in Figs. 10 and 2,-yet now in Fig' 10 sheets I and B are disposed upon opposite sides of sheet T instead of being both on the same side thereof as in Fig. 2. The intermediate filling sheet I is on the back or fabric side FS of ornamentally embroidered sheet T. Sheet B is on the opposite or pile surface side PS of sheet T. After the completion of the ornamental embroidering such as 1, 1, etc. on sheet T in Figs. 810 the lower edges of sheets I and B are unpinned (at the upper part of Fig. 10) and said sheets are dropped down into the positions illustrated in the diagram, Fig. 11, (being suspended from the lower edge of upper canvas V) in which figure the sheets are shown as separated from one another only for the purpose of showing the relations of their surfaces. Thus, inFig. 11, thepile surfaces PS of sheets T and B face one another, as is also indicated in F 10; the fabric surface F S of sheet B facing awayfrom the pile surface PS of sheet T. The pile surfaces PS of sheets T and B are to constitute the outside surfaces of the eventual puffs; and sheet I is to constitutethefilling member between them inthe puff, altho in Figs. 1011 sheet I is shown on one side of sheet T and sheet B on the other. This arrangement, for the operations of securing the three sheets together by multiple embroiderings, is for the purpose of causing the sheets to lie in the proper described relation to one another after, upon permanent assembly by theembroidering operation into puff units they are turned inside out. p b

With the three sheets in the relations illustrated in Fig. 11, and in the'set-up. of Fig. 10 and under the condition where the three sheets I and B to the relations of Figs. 11-12,

the operations correspond to those of Fig. 2 above described, but in the present case those operations consist only in producing the ornamental embroiderings 1, no extra ribbonsecuring circles 3 (Fig. 2) being here necessary as will be seen. I

In Fig. 12, (showing only a fragment of the three large face-to-face assembly sheets for one of the multiplicity of puffs) the three large sheets are inthe relations shown in Fig. 11, all pendant from upper canvas V and all having their lower edges pinned to lower canvas Vof Fig. 1O. The operation of Fig. 3. thereupon is, executedto produce substantially circular embroideri'ngsfl of Fig. 12 in multiple, and these circles. 4; not only secureflthe three sheets together at the puffrims, but also secure ribbon A to the three sheets. Circles 4 are not for ornamentation,

being eventually concealed in the assembly. Hence, inv Fig. 12, there is no necessityfor additionally producing circles 3 of Fig. 2 for the purpose of securing ribbon A to shee'tT preliminary to the securing of the three sheets together by ci'rcles l of Fig. 3, because here the ribbon A is secured by embroidering circles 4;. The respective multiplecircles 4 ofFig.12 are spaced along the horizontal rows, Fig. 10, so as respectively to extend around the multiplicity of ornamental embroiderings 1, 10, and to extend over and through ribbon A (between pins)v so as to secure the latter to the large sheets. Circle 4 of Fig. 12 also is made to be somewhat less than a complete circle as showmbut preferably of a sufficient arc so that both itsends extend over ribbon A. Preferably, as before in Fig. 3, all the circles 4 in a single horizontal row are produced"simultaneous"; ly. Also, as described inconnection with Figs. 1+3, the sheets aremoved vertically after the completion of each rowofembroi'd erings before the commencement of the next row ofembroiderings; this applying both to the ornamental embroidering 1 of Fig.10' and to thesecuring embroidery 4 of Fig. 12. Upon completion of all the circu-- lar embroiderings 4 of Fig. 1.2"on the plural sheets, thruout the length and breadth; there of (Fig. 1), the pins P of Fig-l0 are removed, which have served tosecure the sheets to upperiandllower canvases V; whereupon the individualpuifs are died'outto produce toilet disks like those of Fig. 13, the dieing out being preferably; in accordance with the above description of the operation. of dieing out the puffs from the sheets of Fig. 3, all the circular cuts being made just outside of circlesld without injury to "the embroidery threads of such circles, and between pins Q, Fig. so that the pins are left with the waste portion of compound fabric T, I, B and no pins or'pin-holes exist in the completed puffs, as shown in Fig. 15. In the case of this general utility puff, it is not so important as in ing embroidery stitches, for the cutting dies may have a diameter substantially larger than that of securing circles 4.- In Fig. 13 showing a died-out pufi, the relations of the surfaces of, the three sewed-together puff disks to one another are the same as those of the large sheetsin Figs. 10-12. The lack of completion of embroidery circle 4 in Fig. 12 leaves in Fig. 13 an opening 0 which permits insertion of an operators thumbs, while the fingers of both hands press on the outer surfaces of disks I and B in Fig. 13, thereby permitting the structure to be turned inside out so that the mutually facing inside pile surfaces PS of sheets T and B of Fig.

. 11 leave one. another and become the outer faces of the puff of Fig. 14. In Fig. 14 now appears the ribbon handle A on the outside of the puff as well as the ornamental embroidery 1, disk I in Fig.13, lying, in Fig. 14, be-

tween the outer disks T and B and adjacent to their fabric surfaces FS. (Now pins Qof Fig. 7

10 may be removed.) In this operation of turning inside out, the embroidery sheet-securing circle 4 of Fig. 13 disappears inside the puff, and the joint between outer disks T and B of Fig. 14 is only slightly visible as. indicated by the dot and dash line of Fig. 14. In Fig. 14 however, the hole 0 yet isopen, showing a portion of intermediate or filling member I; and asthe final step in the manufacture, hole O'is closed by a skilled needleworker whose stitches are so carefully made that they-cause no more objectionable appearance than the dot and dash line .of Fig. 14. The final product is shown in Fig. 15 as one of themultiplicity of pufismade from the'large compound sheet T, I, B and each puff comprising invisible embroidered securing circles 4 (Figs. 12-13) securing together all three disks and the ribbon handle,

and comprising also any desired ornamental embroidery, as 1, on the outer top face of the puff as the result ,of processing in multiple 1 in the same set-up of Figs. 10-12 wherein the securing circles 4 are produced in multiple. Inasmuch as in the completed puff of Fig.

14, the securing circles 4 lie inside the puff and out of sight, the only apparent diffen ence between thispuff and the prior art shown in Fig. 7 is the ornamental embroidery 1, altho actually our invention has permitted very low cost of production of both embroiderings 1 and 4 in the set-up of Fig.

10. lVhile as a practical matter it is preferred not to provide ornamental embroidery on the reverse face of the puff of Fig. 14 yet in view of the above description it is clear that that may be'done ifdesired, by producing any desired ornamental embroidery on pile surface PS of sheet B, Fig. 10, by reversing the sur v face of sheet in Fig. 10 to bring such pile adjacent needles N, pinning up sheets I and T out of the way of sheet B, and thereupon multiplexing the desired ornamental em useful-modifications of the invention of more 7 or less utility and value. For example, the operation of cutting out the puffs with a die (altho this preferably is not effected until at least after the embroidery operations of d l 3, by which all three sheets 'I, I and B aresccured together) may be executed upon satin sheet T alone as soon as the entire sheet T is filled with the embroidering which is effected by one or more of the operations of Fig. 2; and then, disks of like diameters having been cutout of sheets of material like backing sheets I and B, (independent of the cutting up of sheet T), such latter disks may be rim-sewn by any desired means to the multiple-embroidered and separately diedout satin puff disks T. And other modifications will occur to skilled persons as the result of our disclosures above. But clearly, the most advantageous form of our. invention, as to lowest manufacturing cost, is that which takes advantage to the fullest of the completion of the puffs in multiple on large sheets freely suspended at their edges to expose their" opposite surfaces, so as to permit 'embroidering access thereto, including not only such substantial completion in respect i to one or more or all of the operations of Fig. 2 on satin sheet Talone, but also such substantial completion in respect of one or more or all of the operations of Fig. 3 011 the plurality of sheets adjacent one another.

and all prior to any dieing operation. (Compare Figs. 8-13.) However, the economy permitted by the invention is so great, when considered only in respect of the purely ornamental embroidery (and the ribbon embroidery) of Fig. 2 and of the multiple-d securing embroidering of the operation of Fig. 3, that it is yet economical, (while omitting most or all of the embroidering of Fi g. 3 save that just sufficient to secure together the multiple sheets prior to the dieing out of the completed puii's from the compound sheet) to conduct the rim-sewing of the disks as by hand after the dieing operation, as above described in connection with Fig. 4,'as by overlock 24E of Fig. 4:.

In order to keep down the labor-time charge in changing the sheet-relations between Figs. 2 and 3 (or between Figs. 2 and 1), it is desirable to perform the operations of 2 on as many horizontal rows as may be practicable; and we contemplate that with further experience we may be able to com plete the operations of Fig. 2 for six or more horizontal rows, without impairing the necessary registration, instead of the four rows shown and above described. The advantage of using the large sheets in the mill width, as about'one yard, is two-fold, i. e. (1) it involves less labor charge than that required to set up initially a pluralityof narrower sheets, and it avoids the more or less serious raveling which would result from cutting up a wide sheet into narrower sheets, and also, of course, it avoids the cost of such preliminary cutting-up. Furthermore, the embroidering upon the outer portions of the-material of the putt disks prevents harmful raveling after dieing out, and this efliciency in pre venting raveling goes to the root of the feature of not separating the puff disks from their large sheets by cutting thru such sheets to cut out the disks therefrom until after such 1avel-preventing embroidering is effected. Thisfeature is efiective whether embroidery 2 be produced (circle 4 being produced in Fig. 3) or whether the same be replaced by overlock 2d of Fig. 4 (circle 3 being produced in Fig.

The attention of makers of the invention is directed to the improvements and prac tical value of suspending the'large sheets T, I and B vertically, hanging by gravity, in some such manner as by their edges, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; for'this exposes the entire area of such large sheets freely to access for the multiple needleworking operations, whether manual or machine, as distinguished from the localization of the area of a single disk, (as in an ordinary individual sewing machine), to the vicinity of the needle and shuttle thereof, in which case there would. be no advantage in employing large sheets on account of the imprac-ticability of working substantially simultaneously on puffs distributed over a large area of the sheet. (Heretofore it has not been practicable to produce any such article as our new powder puff, because there was no known Way of making it economically, and it could have been made, if at all, only by producing the embroidery individually on previously cut out pufi's, and thesepufi s are impracticably small for an ordinary embroidery frame, justas the large sheets of our invention are impracticably large for an ordinary embroidery frame. Also the out edges would have raveled or frayed during such attempted'operations.) And, specifically, the suspension of the large sheets vertically, as shown in 1 Figs. 1-3, adapts them, not only to substantially simultaneous working over large areas, in positions properly maintained by gravity, but to setting them up in connection with the plurality of needles in a horizontal row as in" existing embroidering machines, so that it is not necessary, in order to employ the invention, to design a special embroidering or 'mul-.

tiple stitching machine for adaptation to the invention. However, for the purpose of in-' creasing economical production by the invention, the sets of rollers R and supporting ourtains V of Figs. 1-3 may be duplicated or even triplicated, one above the other in the 1 same vertical plane, in amachine which correspondingly may have two or three carriers C, Fig. 1, each supporting a horizontal row of needles N and corresponding shuttles-so that two or even three sets of large sheets '1", I

I and B, as in Figs. 13, may be operated i In any embroidering main the U. S. patent to Neuberger No. 885,7 78,

of 1908, to make ordinary rectangular sachet cushions or bags stuffed with perfumed material, by'placing the perfumed stufling between two sheets; then, inan ordinary hemstitching' sewing machine, hemstitching the A two sheets in lines at right-angles to one an other, so as to include parts of the perfumed stuffing in a plurality of bags or pads sep arated from one another by the intervening hemstitching; and then severing the middle of the hemstit'ching along lines which result in segregating the bags fromone another. This proposal, however, difiers fundamentally from the present invention in the various respects pointed out above and in the claims. i

The general configuration of the powder pufls hereof has been standardized substantially universally to circular toilet disks adapted to the circular compact boxes or to the toilet table powder boxes to which the general utility pufi of Fig. 15 is adapted;

. and altho all such types are termed puffs in the trade, the type of pufi of FigsMl-QA isnot very pufi'y, and even the type of Fig.

15 is different from the fiufiiy pufllong used V with powder in a box on the dressing table. Hence the claims herein more aptly define the product of any of the drawings as a toilet disk. In the claims, also, thedisksheets constituting the toilet disk are defined as follows. The ornamental top disk-T, of

satin, silk or the like, or Figsi 4 4A, and the top disk T of Fig. 15, is defined the ornamental top or simply as the top; the soft bottom disk-sheet B of Figs. MA and-Fig. 15 is defined as the soft bottom or simply bottom, this bearing the powder applying surface; and the intermediate stiffening disk-sheet I of Fig 1A and the intermediate disk I of Fi 13 is definedas the intermediate orfilling disk In the claims the word plurality? means two or more and the worn multiplicity means substantially more than two or three. Ribbon or ribbon handle includes tabs; The word em broidery includes stitching or needlework within the proper scope of the invention. The word .disks includes puifsheets of any desired superficial configuration and is not limited to. circular sheets.

Other variations of the manufacture will be suggested hereby to manufacturers, for

example as follows. In Fig. 2 the reason for the operationsron large ornamental sheet T not including soft bottom sheet B is. in order that embroiderings more or less central of the ornamental tops of the puff-disks may not. extend, as to some of their threads at least, to the surfaces of soft bottom B, thereby not only producing an unattractive appearance, but constituting surfaces more or less rough at the portions of soft bottom B which are rubbed over the facial skin of the puff-user. But when three sheets, T, I and B,

are employed, as usually, the same object can be attained by conducting the operations of Fig.;2 upon two adjacent sheets T and I but not B, the latter being kept in the position shown in Fig. 2 during such operations, but then changed, for the operations of-Fig. 3, to the position shown in the latter figure. But in the case of the general utility puff of 5-15 ornamental embroiderings inside securing circle 4 such as 1, cannot be made to extend thru two sheets, on account of the operation of turning inside out, Figs. 13-14. And if only two large sheets in all are employed in Figs. 1-3, then the operations of Figs 2 and 3 will be conducted as therein shown, but withthe second sheet in the position shown in Fig. 2 as occupied by the second and third sheets 1 and'B.

\Ve particularly point out and distinctly claim the part, improvement or combination which we claim as our invention or discovery, as follows:

1. The improvement in the art of making toilet disks having a plurality of sheet-disks and a ribbon handle, which consist-sin supporting at'least one relatively long sheet substantially taut in a vertical plane, with the length. ofrthe sheet'errtending horizontally;

producing onsaid long disk-sheet,"while so supported, for a multiplicity of toilet disks,

a multiplicity of like ornamental embroidery designs spaced at intervals in a horizontal row along thelength of the sheet; temporarily securing a ribbon horizontally along the length of said long sheet in a position adjacent said horizontal row of embroidered designs and within the vertical limits of the desired toilet disks; producing on said long sheet, and in said row, a second multiplicity of like embroidery stitchings in positions securing said ribbon to said long sheet; supporting at least another similarly long sheet in a vertical plane alongside the first sheet;

' and producing on the facing long sheets a porting at least one relatively long sheet substantially taut in a vertical plane, with the length of the sheet extending horizontally; temporarily securing a ribbon horizontally along the length of said long sheet; producing on said long sheet while so supported, for a multiplicity of toilet disks, a multiplicity of like embroidery stitching in a horizontal row along the length of the sheet and in positions securing said ribbon to said sheet and at intervals in the row corresponding with desired toilet disks; supporting at least another similarly long sheet in a vertical plane alongside the first long sheet; and producing on the facing long sheets a multiplicity of like embroidery stitchings at corresponding intervals in the same horizontal row as said designs stitched on the first long sheet but extending entirely thru the facing long sheets, thereby securing them together at each of the pluarity of doubly embroidered disk-portions of the long-resulting compound sheet, whereby the disk-portions, as permanently assembled disk-units, can be cut out of said long compound sheet.

3. The improvement in the art of making articles comprising a plurality of fabric sheets, consisting in supporting at least one relatively long and wide fabric sheet sub stantially taut with its width extending vertically and with its opposite surfaces exposed; producing on said sheet while so sup ported a multiplicity of ornamental embroidery stitchings at spaced intervals like one another in a horizontal row; supporting at least another similarly long and wide fabric sheet, in position in a plane alongside the first large sheet; producing on said v facing sheets a multiplicity of embroidery stitchings similarly spaced along the same horizontal row as said ornamental embroidery stitchings in the first sheet but extending entirely thru the facing sheets, and securing them together; removing from the surface of the first large sheet the portions of the second sheet not yet secured to the first sheet, leaving the faces of the first sheet free as before; repeating the production on the first large sheet of a horizontal row of a multiplicity of ornamental embroidery stitchings like one another but on a new portion of the area of said first large sheet; replacing alongside the first large sheet a portion of the sec ond large sheet not yet secured thereto; and repeating the production, on the facing sheets, of a horizontal row of a multiplicity of embroidery stitchings like one another extending thru the facing sheets but'on the same new portion of the area of the first sheet which contains the second row of ornamental embroidery stitchings.

4. The improvementin the art of making articles comprising a plurality of fabric sheets, which consists in supporting at least one relatively long and wide fabric sheet substantially taut in a vertical plane, with the opposite surfaces exposed; producing on said large sheet while so supported a multiplicity of ornamental embroidered designs like one another in a plurality of rows extending partially over the vertical extent of the sheet, the supported sheet being moved vertically between the embroiderings on the successive rows; supporting at least another similarly large fabric sheet alongside the first sheet; producing on said facing large sheets, successively on the same rows as on the first sheet, a multiplicity of embroidered stitchings, like one another, such stitchings respectively extending around the embroidery designs on the first sheet and also extending thru the plural sheets, including the bottom disk-sheet, securing them together; and the supported large plural sheets being moved vertically in the intervals of time between the embroiderings on the successive rows; removing the said second large sheet away from the surface of the first large sheet, leaving the surface of the latter exposed as before; moving the first large supported sheet vertically; repeating on the first sheet, but on a new portion thereof, the first above-specified production of a plurality of horizontal rows of ornamental embroiderings; replacing the second sheet adjacent the first; and repeating on the combined sheets, but on the second set of a plurality of horizontal embroidered rows on the first sheet, the first above-specified plurality of horizontal rows of embroidery stitchings on the combined sheets.

5. The improvement in the art of making toilet disks comprising a plurality of disksheets and a ribbon-handle, which consists in temporarily attaching the ribbon-handle material along the length of a sheet which is long as compared with the disks; producing a plurality of embroidery designs extending thru said sheet at spaced intervals thereof and extending also thru said ribbon to secure the sheet and ribbon together permanently; and individually removing the toilet disks comprising portions of said sheet and rib bon-handle material secured by embroidery thereto, by independently making a plurality of cuttings thru the long sheet along circular lines surrounding the ribbon-securing embroiderings.

6. The improvement in the art of making toilet disks comprising a plurality of disksheets and a ribbon-handle, which consists in producing a plurality of ornamental embroidery designs spaced from one another on a comparatively large sheet; temporarily attaching the ribbon-handle material along the length of the sheet which is long as compared with the disks; collectively securing together the embroidered disk-sheets and ribbon-handles for a plurality of disks, by simultaneously producing a plurality of substantially circular embroiderings extending thru said sheet and also thru said ribbon-handle material, said circles being made to surround said embroidery designs but being more or less unevenly spaced from one another and serving to secure the disk-sheets and ribbon-material together; and individually separating the disk-sheets and ribbon-handles so assembled and secured together by embroidery, by independently making a plurality of cuttings thru the large sheet along circular lines concentric with the circular securing embroideings but of larger diameter and surrounding the latter to permit severing the large sheets without cutting the stitches of the circular embroidery.

This specification signed this 30th day of September, 1925.

WILLY HOFMANN. ARTHUR O. BRUCKS. 

